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L. JENSEN.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.23, 1920.

1,386,709. PatentedAug. 9,1921.

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L. JENSEN.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-23,1920.

1,386,709. Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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UNITED STA Le L nen,

rarest LOUIS JENSEN, OE GHICAGQ, ILLINOIS, 'IQ UNITED AUTGG-RAEHIC REGISTER CO., 01 CHICAGO, ELLINGTJS, A CDEPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 9, 13 21.

Application filed August 23, 1920. Serial No. 405,254.

having longitudinally alined series of equidistant postholes therein are used and placed in such relative positions that said postholes coincide.

Heretofore it was dirlicult to keep this rewound lower strip from getting out of regis ter with the strips above it and thus moving; the postholes of the former out of register with the postholes of the latter, and consequently preventing the proper operation of the machine. The object of my invention is to prevent the rewound strip from getting out of register with the strips above it and to insure the coincident position its postholes with those of thesame, and thus avo 'l the waste of time and labor required to up the register and rearrange the said sti ps,

which heretofore has frequently been necessary. This I accomplish by the means hereinafter described, and as particuha'iy pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of the dischare end of an autographic register to which my improvements have been applied.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking in the direction indi cated by the arrows.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same.

Fig. i is a longitudinal section taken on dotted line i l, Fig. 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows.

In the register illustrated in the drawings the record strips A, B and C are moved over the platen D and discharged by ans of contacting frictionrollers 5* and disks 6, that are mounted on transverse shafts 7 and 8, respectively, which latter are journaled in the side frames 9-9 of the register. T he rollers are preferably formed by reducing the diameter of the shaft 7, as at 5, 5. I

The lowermost shaft 8 has one end rnado tubular and extended through its bearings, and has a pinion 10 mounted thereon that engages and rotates a gear 1].. This gear 11 is loosely mounted on a stud 12, projecting; laterally from the adjacent side frame, and he outer face of said gear ll engages and has frictional contact with the opposing face of a corresponding gear 18, that is kept pressing against the same by a coil spring i l. Gear 13 meshes with a pinion 15, fast on the projecting end of the longitudinally removable trans ease shaft 16, which is journaled in the side frames 9-4) of the register, and which, between said side frames, is square in cross section.

The strips A, B and C are moved forward 5 and 6 by turnbetween rollers and disks 0 ing a crank 17 on the projecting end of shaft 8, and the strips continue to move until the postholes coins l'aetwcen said rollers, whereupon the latter, having no purchase on the strips, cease to function. In order to start the rps forward again, a cone-shaped cam 15 is mounted on shaft 8 between the disks thereon, and its boss is connected by 3 19 that passes 20, to the adjacent end of a ciprocal bar 21, which latthe Loliow end of h .::.r ext .i f 9 and is con oymeans of i lat Crank of shaft beyond ected to the boss of cr n arm 22 attending from a can be moved aterally o.

he end oward the adjacent sideirarne, and when this is done the cam 18 is moved so as to bring the cyiindrical portion thereof hav the greatest diameter opposite the pe riphery of a circular boss 23, which is in tegral with the upper shaft 7, afforded by virtue of the reduced portions 5, 5. The central portions of the strips A, B and C imperforate, and when the cam functions with boss 23, the saio strips are moved forward until the postholes ofthe strips are beyond the friction rollers and disks 5 and 6 and said disks are enabled to obtain a purchase on said strips back of said holes to pull the strips forward.

The mechanism hereinbefore described, except when combined with that constituting the subject matter of the improvements hereinafter described, constitute the mechanism of an autographic register now in extensive use.

My invention comprises means for abso lutely stopping the strip which is rewound upon a transverse roller 2%, mounted upon and rotatable with transverse shaft 16, whenever the postholes of the two uppermost come between the rollers and disks 5 and 6.

To accomplish this I secure to one end of roller 2% a ratchet wheel 25 and engage the same by a pawl 26, which latter is pivoted to the inner surface of the adjacent sideframe and has an extension 28 beyond its pivot. that is connected to a coil contraction spring 27, that always tends to press the en gaging point of the pawl against the ratchet 25. This extension has a pin 29 projecting laterally therefrom that is engaged by the lower end of an arm 30, projecting down from a. transverse rock-shaft 31, and this rock-shaft has horizontally projecting arms secured to and projecting therefrom, whose forward ends terminate between the forward edge of the platen D of the register and shaft 8, and are bent upward to form hooks 3333. to the rear of rock-shaft 31 and has a leaf spring 3a bearing down upon it, and the pressure of this spring keeps the ends of the hooks 33 bearing upward against the underside of the lowest manifold record strip and causes them to enter the postholes thereof, as the latter pass between the friction rollers and disks, and prevent the further progress of said lower strip, as well as the upper strips.

In order to release the said strips when it is desired to extract the most advanced form or ticket thereof, the rock-shaft 31 is provided with a horizontal arm 35 near its center of length, the forward end of which crosses and intersects the path of the coneshaped side of cam 18. The cam is moved lengthwise on shaft 7 by pushing the handle toward the side-frame, and pushes the arm 35 downward, rocks shaft 31 and moves hooks 33 downward and thus releases the strips, the two uppermost of which latter by the continued rotation of the handle are discharged while the lowermost is wound upon roller 24:.

What I claim as new is:

1. in an autographic register from which are withdrawn a plurality of record strips having postholes therein, means for engagiilg said postholes as said strips are withdrawn, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strip, devices for stopping said roller from revolving, and mechanism actuated by said engaging means for controlling the engage. ment of said roller by said devices.

2. In an autographie register from which are withdrawn. a plurality of record strips having postholes therein, means that press One of the arms 3:2 extendsupward against the underside of the lowermost record strip, for engaging said postholes as said strips are withdrawn, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strip, devices for stopping said roller from revolving, and mechanism actuated by said engaging means for controlling the engagement of said roller by said devices. I

In an autographic register from which a plurality of record strips having postholes therein are witndrawn, revoluble friction elements for withdrawing said strips, means for engaging said postholes when the latter come letween said elements, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strips, devices for stopping said roller from revolving, and mechanism actuated by said engaging means for z'ontrolling the engagement of said roller by said devices.

f. in an autographic register from which a plurality of record strips having postholes therein are withdrawn, revoluble friction elements for withdrawing said strips, which cease to function when said postholes come between them, means for initially advancing said strips, vertically moving members that engage said postholes, simultaneously with said friction elements, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strip, devices adapted to stop said roller from revolving, and mechanism actuated by said means that disengage said devices from said roller.

5. in an autographic register from which a plurality of record strips having postholes are adapted to be withdrawn, revoluble friction disks for withdrawing said strips which cease to function when said postholes cosne between them, shafts on which disks are mounted, a cam which is reciprocally mounted on and is revoluble wit-h one of said shafts, a rewinding roller for the lowerstrip, devices adapted to prevent said .ioller from revolving, and mechanism actue d by said cam that disengage said devices .e rom said roller.

6. In 'autographic register, friction disks for withdrawing a plurality of record strips therefrom that have postholes therein, shafts therefor, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strip, friction gearing connecting one of said shafts with said roller, devices for preventing said roller'from revolving, means that engage said postholes when they pass between said disks, and mechanism released by said means whereby said devices cre permitted to engage said roller.

7. In an autographic register, friction disks for withdrawing a plurality of record strips therefrom that have postholes therein, shafts therefor, a rewinding roller for the lowermost strip, friction gearing connecting one of said shafts with said roller, a ratchetconnected to said roller, a pawl that engages said ratchet, means that engage said postholes when they pass between said disks, and mechanism released by said means whereby said pawl engages.

8.111 an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which the same are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost strip is rewound, a ratchet connected to said roller, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet, a transverse rock-shaft, an arm projecting therefrom that engages said pawl and another arm projecting forward therefrom, the end of which extends upward for engagement with a posthole when between said disks.

9. In an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which the same are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost strip is rewound, a ratchet to said roller, a spring actuated pawl adapted to engage said ratchet, a transverse rock-shaft, an arm projecting therefrom that engages said pawl, and another arm projecting forward therefrom the end of which extends upward for engagement with a posthole when between said disks.

10. In an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which the same are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost strip is rewound, a ratchet connected to said roller, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet, a transverse rock-shaft, an arm projecting therefrom that engages said pawl, a second arm projecting forward from said rocle shaft, the end of which extends upward for;

engagement with a posthole, and spring means engaging said first arm, for main tainingthe latter in engagement with said pawl.

11. in an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which the same are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost strip is rewound, a ratchet connected to said roller, a pawl adapted to engage said ratchet, a transverse rock-shaft, an arm projecting therefrom that engages said pawl and having a rear extension, a spring bearing clownward on said extension, and another arm projecting forward therefrom the end of which extends upward and engages a posthole when it passes between said disks.

12. in an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which said disks are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost of said strips are rewound, a ratchet connected thereto, a pawl engaging said ratchet, a rock-shaft, a longitudinally reciprocal cam on one of said shafts, an arm projecting forward from said rockshaft that is engaged by said cam, and means connecting said rock-shaft to said pawl.

13. In an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which said disks are mounted, devices that engage said postholes when they pass between said disks, a roller upon which the lowermost of said strips is rewound, a ratchet connected thereto, a pawl engaging said ratchet, a rock-shaft, a longitudinally reciprocal cam on one of said shafts, an arm projecting forward from said rock-shaft that is engaged by said cam, and means connecting said rock-shaft to said pawl, said devices disengaging said postholes simultaneously with the release of the ratchet by said pawl.

14. In an autographic register, friction disks for advancing a plurality of record strips that are provided with postholes, shafts upon which said disks are mounted, a roller upon which the lowermost of said strips are rewound, a ratchet connected thereto, a pawl engaging said ratchet, a rockshaft, horizontal arms projecting therefrom the forward ends of which are upturned and adapted to engage the postholes when they pass between said disks, a longitudinally reciprocal cam on one of said shafts, an arm projecting forward from said rock-shaft that is engaged by said cam, and means connecting said rock-shaft to said pawl.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 20th day of July, 1920.

LOUIS JENSEN.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. TrIoMAsoN, VIOLET l/VARDELL. 

